Hopkins v. Cromwell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, David Cromwell, substituted in the place of Peter Muller, deceased, as assignee of F. Foehrenbach Company, for the benefit of its creditors, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the County of Westchester on the 17th day of November, 1899, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
At the trial there appeared to be no dispute as to the worth of the services rendered within a year prior to the assignment for the benefit of creditors, and for that reason the opinion of Mr. Justice Jenks at Special Term does not discuss that branch of the case. The question which he treated in his exhaustive opinion we believe properly decided by the learned justice at Special Term, and we adopt the opinion delivered below on that branch of the case.*
*483The appellant urges here that upon the plaintiffs own showing part of the services rendered to the defendant’s assignor were…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Palmer v. . Van SantvoordNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Matter of StrykerNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- South & North Alabama Railroad v. FalknerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1873
- In re the Application of the Directors of the American Lace & Fancy Paper Works for Voluntary DissolutionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
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